Mark Wahlberg Plans to Reboot ‘Captain Kangaroo’ (Video)

Mark Wahlberg will reboot the popular children’s program, “Captain Kangaroo,” the actor shared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Wednesday.

“I’ve been trying to figure out cool ways to get my kids interested in science, technology, engineering, things like that, mathematics,” the actor told DeGeneres. “What made me interested in school was ‘Captain Kangaroo.'”

Wahlberg cautioned that the revival is still very much in the planning stages — he doesn’t have a network or streaming platform attached to it yet. “It’s still in its infancy, but we’re making it happen.”

The original series, which ran from 1955 to 1984, was hosted by Bob Kreeshan in his trademark red jacket with oversized pockets (hence the name, “Captain Kangaroo”). Airing on CBS on weekday mornings, the show was the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s program, with more than 6,000 episodes.

Wahlberg said they’re going to have a S.T.E.M. program (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) scientist be the new “Captain Kangaroo.” He didn’t divulge any more details about the planned reboot, but did offer Ellen deGeneres one of Kreeshan’s red jackets.

Chicago clan, the Storino family, anxiously await awards season every year to re-create motifs from the year's most celebrated movies for their site Don't Call Me Oscar. For the past eight years the Storino children have posed in scene reenactments of films nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Picture. Here is this year's batch:

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"The Post":

Serious Meryl Streep, Serious Tom Hanks, but not so serious Tracy Letts... One young Storino gave the camera a wide smile instead of a stern stare.

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"The Shape of Water":

Just when you thought dressing up and posing was enough, these cuties took it a step further. We wonder how much ice cream their parents promised them before they agreed to get wet, cold and hold their breath for this shot.

If a young girl dressed as Winston Churchill doesn't melt your heart, we don't know what does.

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"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri":

This little girl is killing it in a bandana, pretending to be Frances McDormand's grief-stricken character.

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"Lady Bird":

Daydreamy stare: Check. Hands clasped: Check. Pink cast: Check.

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"Call Me By Your Name":

OK, so the bike isn't an exact replica.

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"Get Out":

As much as she wants to look terrified, she can really only transmit adorable.

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"Phantom Thread":

It's all about the balloons.

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"Dunkirk":

Young Harry and even younger Harry.

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The Storino family creatively inserts their own children into Best Picture-nominated films

We think these kids deserve an award.

Chicago clan, the Storino family, anxiously await awards season every year to re-create motifs from the year's most celebrated movies for their site Don't Call Me Oscar. For the past eight years the Storino children have posed in scene reenactments of films nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Picture. Here is this year's batch: